Research: Creativity and career counselling
By Lauri Mills (Cannexus11 GSEP Winner)
Face(Book) It – There’s a Link(edIn) in this Social Networking Hype(rlink)
by Tricia Bowler-Archambault
Over the past few months my colleagues have been teasing me about turning into a “techie”. Our employment centre has developed curriculum for clients to utilize LinkedIn in their job research, we include hyperlinks to previous employers’ websites in resumes, we started a FaceBook Page as an introduction to blogging and are building our About Us page with staff LinkedIn profiles. We use Google Calendar to manage our staff schedules and we use shared workspaces to control department documents.
Colleges and Universities Shortchanging Graduates
by Ron McGowan
Canadian colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today’s workplace. The biggest weakness in the post-secondary education sector in all countries is the lack of experience in today’s workplace by those who are responsible for education policy, funding, administration and delivery.
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What’s the Real Problem with “Balance”? It’s Not Sustainable
By Dr. Roberta Neault and Deirdre Pickerell
There are thousands of websites, blogs, and articles offering tips for finding balance. Canadians are working longer hours (23% more than ten years ago) and the inability to balance work and family costs Canadian employers about $10 billion dollars per year. Although such statistics highlight a problem with balance, despite extensive research on the topic a solution seems out of reach. Balance appears to be somewhat elusive.
The intersection between mental health and career counselling: An ongoing discussion
By Barbara Smith (Cannexus11 GSEP Winner)
Broadening Our Sense of Career Advancement
By Kathy Johnson
Recently I met a young woman who joined a communications training program. When asked why she said, “Well, my boss told me that if I was ever to have a chance to apply for his job I would need better communication skills.” It seems she had picked one skill and one job and had narrowed her focus to that.
New programs and initiatives: Professional skills development for international students
By Lynn Walsh and Jennifer White
International students often have culturally different approaches to job search, and combined with language barriers, job search can be frustrating and cause anxiety. Providing adequate support to this population and fostering relationships for students with industry representatives and the employer community resulted in the creation of the Professional Skills Development Program at Memorial University.
One stride closer: Psychological considerations of the immigrant career transition
By Basak Yanar (Cannexus12 GSEP Award Winner)
Bursaries awarded for Cannexus13
A total of eight bursaries have been awarded to community-based counsellors to attend Cannexus13, thanks to the support of The Counselling Foundation of Canada.